Know which player will break Sachin's great record, the bat is spitting fire, and has scored so many centuries so far
Root is in great form and is scoring a lot of runs. In the second Test match being played against Sri Lanka, Root scored a century while batting brilliantly. Root played an innings of 143 runs with the help of 18 fours in 206 balls.
Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most runs in the history of cricket. Be it Test or ODI, Sachin's name comes in every second record. Now a big record of Tendulkar is in danger. Which can be broken by former England captain and legendary batsman Joe Root. This record is of scoring the most fifties in Test cricket.
Currently, Sachin has a record with most 68 fifties in Tests. Thus far, Joe Root has scored 64 fifties and is at number three. Number two is taken by the former West Indies legend Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who had scored 66 half-centuries for his team. Joe Root is the only active cricketer who is very close to the record of Sachin among the active cricketers. Only the former Australian captain Steve Smith is 35 years old among active players, but he falls way behind with 41 fifties.
Root is also in tremendous form and is seriously scoring runs in multifarious directions. In the second Test match that is going between Sri Lanka and England, Root did a brilliant batting and scored a century. Root made 143 runs with the help of 18 fours in 206 balls. This is the 33rd century of his Test career. With this, the former captain of England has broken the records of Kane Williamson, Steve Smith, and Steve Waugh.
These three batsmen have scored 32 centuries each in their Test career, but now Joe Root has gone ahead of these three with this century. Apart from this, Joe Root has equaled former England player Alastair Cook, who scored 33 Test centuries for England. Joe Root has now come to the joint first position in terms of scoring the most centuries in Tests for England, seven behind Cook.
